Why did we call our latest creation the Passion Fruit Martini over the world famous Pornstar Martini?

The serve, created by Douglas Ankrah in the Maverick members club in Capetown, started out life in 1999 as the Maverick Martini. In 2002, it gained its infamous new moniker, the Pornstar Martini, a provocative name given to fuel a reaction and that, it did. No one really knew exactly why it was labelled Pornstar, but it was the turn of the century and everyone was reasonably bonkers. The Beckhams, Sienna Miller, LimeWire, the Pornstar was in good company, and started to take pride of place in the London cocktail renaissance. The Pornstar earned its reputation and found its way on to menus far and wide and the further it stretched, the more it morphed. What had started life out as an elegant and purposeful combination of Vodka, Vanilla, Passion Fruit and Lime, quickly became one of the usual suspects across sticky dives and tacky cocktail bars.

British Wheat Vodka with warm Vanilla, tart Passion Fruit and fresh Lime to deliver a rich, luxurious finish, befitting of the original.

We’re here to reverse the effects of its muddled path. Our Passion Fruit Martini is a hark back to its halycon days; a classy serve that’s ingredient-forward and balances British Wheat Vodka with warm Vanilla, tart Passion Fruit and fresh Lime to deliver a rich, luxurious finish, befitting of the original.